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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03
4 GOOD BUSINESS EYE,


 Two Chicago Friends From, | hear that you are engaged to Miss SpIdder."
 "Yes."
 'But you do not intend to marry her?"
 "Why Dot2"
 'Is it possible that you have not heard?"
 "Iiard what?s
 "'rhAt she has, at different times, sued five men for breaches of prom ise?o
 "Yes, heard that"
 "ADd still you intend to marry herl"
 "Of course. She won all the suits, and as 1 am lawyer, cannot help but admire her skin. She will make me an able partner, old boy, and bust ness is so slow with ms thst cannot afford to let such an opportunity slip through my fingers
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03
PRICE, ! CENTS.
THE FIFTIETH MAN.

A contemphtlve looking fellow who, during several minutes had been walking te and ftO iu the rutunda of a hotel, approached a man and said,
 "Prolahly you don't know how de- lighted am to sce you?"
 The man leaned forward and placed one hand behind his ear, The remark was repeated,
 "Why should you be delighted ,o see mc2"
 "Because think that you arc my tlftieth manp"
 "l don't understand you"
 "fll explain. Frank Stockton, the novelist, hns story In the teafurg In which the leading character |, in search of hundrcdth man, having found ninety nine whose peouIIarities entitlc them to the selection. Having rcad several installmcnts of the story, l started out to find fifty men of plys- ! nl noteworthlnesa. and met with such success that with the lame, the halt, the blind, the big and the little. 1 soon selected forty nine, hut luck deserted mo. ] nm pleased to say, however, that you take your plnee as ihe llfticth."
 "iiow so?"
 "liccauso you cmlsody so many of the accomplishments of physical mls- fortune. You nre baii headed, iAI, bow legged, kidney footed, hump shouldcretl, doai, ncar-slghtcd, rcd- nosed, and have freckles on your thce. Fly George, sir, l believe i'tl thro" away the o;hor f,rty ine aii,i take you for ihe entire fifty"
 The museum of physical blemIshos reflected moment and replied "l'vG got an excellent watch"
 What's that got to do with ltln
 "con=i'lerable, as I'm going to give F'N Just fU W HNH ID get out of this town" He took out his watch, glanced at it and exclaimed Twenty inntes to four. Al five to fonr II you are not gone, this town will, for il few moments, throw aside its boom and refresh Itself with thrilling spectacle. haven't cut of mans cnrs since we opened our real estate exchange and Pm glad that you have come, bringing with you induce mcnts that allure me Into much needed recreation"
 Ten minutes later a train which left the town hah. among its passengers. a man who seemed t0 be anxious to leave the place.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03
THE RIGHT MAN TO BLAME.

In a street car. A man, looking up from a newspaper, thus addresses an acquaintance. "I see that General Ben Butler does not deny having taken . number of bells from the south, but claims that they were contrabaDd."
 Stranger (who has been reading of recent excursion)-"Why, do they charge that on Butler, too? have it from good authority that those south ern beIles were taken north by Colo nel P. Donan.n
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03
NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.

Anxious Chinago Father (to friend) --T fear that my son will never amount to anything"
 'T heard," the friend consolingly re- piled, "thAt he had written magnif. icent criticism on the school of Amer lean realism"
 "Oh, yes, he did thst, but lss scid . COW for ten dollars when hs might just as well have got ten and . Quarter.1
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03

New York, Boston and Philadelphia may have become distinguished in the matter of boldness, but Chicago is the most thoroughly bald headed city in America. A man may go through fever, spiritualism and the insane asylum and come out with a suit of hair that would challenge admiration, but let him then live for a short time in Chicago, and you couldn't find enough hair on the top of his head to hold up and indicate the direction of a breeze. Learned men have devoted much time to the investigation of this subject, but the only conclusion ar rived at is that there are more bald headed men in Chicago than in any other town. Prof Leonard Conkley says that pie is the cause, while George Castigal, IL. D., holds that it is largely due to the hog grease in the air. The bald headed barbers all have a sure restorative and every druggist has a preventive, but still the hair of the people continues to drop out. Even though a man may have no vanity, resignation to badness baffies all philosophy. He may be as ugly as photograph taken at watering place and as ungainly as nineteen year-old harvest hand, and yet he regards the loss of his hair as great physical calamity. When all hope has fled, he draws pretended con- solation from the reflection that some of the most eminent men in all de- partments of business and some of the most successful men in society were bald, but he continues to use the pre- parations recommended by bald head ed barbers until his hair is all gone.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03

\ Howells says he does not read his
 own stories after they appear in print. 5 We shall have to give Howells credit
 for rare discrimination. -,JBdge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03

A western robber and murderer, when asked to explain how he hap pened to enter on . career of wicked ness, began his reply by saying: q was born in Philadelphia. ."-LVe.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03
LIM WINGS.

"Why do you keep up a revival all the time i'll your church?" was asked of an Arkansaw negro preacher. ''Has ter do it, sah." he replied. "Whut de land boom is tcr dc amaii town de 'vival IS ter de church, an of yer let it go down de cause gwine ter suffer. Tell yer whut'S CT tack, ef didn't keep desc niggcrs shoutin' all de time dad let me starvc +er def Elf CT nig- ger preacher lets de rope slack he's gone"
 Editorial in country newspaper : "Our citizens have extended Presi- dent Cleveland ali invitation to visit Sassafras Point, and he will undoubt- edly accept. Our city is improving very rapidly. Within the past eighteen months three residences. a cooper shop and new saloon have been put up in our city, and that we are on the high road to prosperity no one can deny. Colonel Blakely has laid the founda- ton of a slaughter house and now proposes to pay the highest cash price for hogs. The president will find much to interest him, and Major Joyner, who has just opened up a new livery stable in the old house formerly used for skating rink, says that he will furnish team to haul our distinguished guest around and Captain Barkly, who has just taken charge of the city hotel, says that the president may stop with him and it shall not cost him a cent. All these evidences of kind feeling have been communicated to the president, and we feel assured that he will honor us with a visit."
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
TERNS-->"o. 100 PER YEAR.

ssssed in a high degree those traits Of charac-
,er which win success strong personal mag
nsti7u, IudsHn'rd cuuraI" ami Untlring l.
lusrv. November - lSl5. he SI~ MARI Ell TO
Miss Mar, :. Cunningham. 4 dau hter Of Cap
tain Cunningham, register Of the land Oiiire
at Shawnectown. / L She IS a lady Of super or
education and r. social qualities, who has
taken = deep inter st in her husbands career,
and has done much To aid in his advancement
IVY her genial intercourse with his supporters,
aud hc care with Sbich she has att ended 70
his lIrge correspondence.
The general public is familiar with the i'm
rOrtant events in the asst few years Of General
Logan's life. He dill able service in the
senate and was une Of the most prominent
PRESIDENTIAL caud dates in 1884. Wbrn MIR.
Blaine received the Republican nomination
ar Logan was given second place on The
ticket. His term as senator expired In lScO-
but he was reelected and returned 10 his seat
'o assume as rruminent a pos tion as ever.
During the last few years of his life he has
devoted some attention 10 literary pursuits,
and met with cOusd raJlc encouragement A
man of strong feelings himself. he possessed
MANY warm friends ani had manv bitter foes.
Whether friend OF foe, how YER. everyone
recon Zrd him as one Of the very prominent
public men Ol this country.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08

The snow storm In Central Germany
has abated.
Won Hofenstettie, the German socialist
is dying.
Lord Harrington is in Rome awaiting let
ters from Lord Salisbury.
Mrs. OBrien is suing the Dublin Ex
press for 80, 900 for an alleged label.
John Bright refuses to give an opinion on
the Welsh church question.
Lord Randolp Churchill is irritated by
the unanimous denuncation of his course
by the conservatives.
Thirty lives were lost by a collision be-
tween the British irOnclad Sultan and the
French steamer Vile de Victoria in the
Tagus.
Serious diplomatic complications are
threatened between Costa Rica and Colom-
bm, owing TO the banishment OF severn
Colombian citizens from Costa Rica anu
the cruel Hogglng of another.
The Cologne Gazette explains that the
rumor that active preparations were being
made to mobilize the Bavarian army arose
ir"u the iact that a new scheme for the
tIansport alton of troops by railway to the
north and south of Germany is about to
be- tried. The Gazette saws that expert
n'rntS with troop trains will soon be made,
just us + a campaign had opened.
The Amberg arms factory has COM
pleted an order for repeating rifles for the
Bavarian regiments in Alsace.
1t is semi-Offirially denied that any
note has been sent to the Swiss Govern.
ment advising that precautions be taken
to defend the frontiers in the event OF war.
"A ukase of the Car Nicholas has been
revived Ia Poland, which compels resident
German Jews To hold certificates as mer-
chants OF the first guild. This edict is now
applied to WORK men and apprentices. The
certificates cost 700 roubies, wLich few will
be able to pay, and the result will be
Wholesale explosions.
-Villaume, the German military attache
at It Petersburg. telegraphs that the re-
ports that he had been shot by the Gar
were malicious falsehoods.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
Girls ami Girls.

The lively controversy concern nc
the use of tie terms lady and woman
is apparently culm nat ng in obserya-
ole results. The former has been so
sadly misapplied it has come to be
cloudcd with disrespecL
Why not drop both when it ia pr'c-
cable? Whv not more frequently
call Young women. girls? We IN gAt
90 even 4 step further. as one unmar-
= sd ma den of uncerta aga does.
She saws. I'VE girls and you yOnng
girls will try what we can do. The
word 5 a da ntv one. Just sav it Ov"r
two or three times and see how it rolls
all over your mouth exactly like a
cream confection.
Girls, girls. 1t rests on the top of
vc,,. tongue, spreads over the roof of
our mouth. pens rates in lusc on -nesa
the sensitive spot under your tongue
and gives a thrill to its tip just Us yoGr
liUs come together W tn q smack.
There are just as many k ndS OF girls
as there are pleasant sensat on' in
murmurinG the name. There are the
pretty girls. the sOur-faced girls
(heaven pity them. what has Provi-
drnce placed in their lives to make
them so unnatural?). the lively girls.
the irresistible girls.
There is vet another. the common
place girl. and it is of her l W SIN to
speak. She is nodoly's deal. but she
is essentially creature of the period.
She never d es of love. yet she is not
cynical. and often makes an deal man
content.d. She il not 4 blue-stockiug.
yet can quote fir m Browning and D.Ir-
win. She is seldom idle. yet is not EN-
crossed by n life m ssion. She does
not possess anv special personal con-
ce t. vet she does not teach the lords
of creation many lessons of their SUI
preme importance.
She is simply normal beng. not too
good for human creatures daily mood.
She has good appetite. 4 good diges-
ton, and Is good tor the general wear
and tear of life. companiOnaDle soul.
She will never be the coming liter
arv woman; never pa mt the great pict-
ure; never we Oh the stars; never dis
cover the north pole; never gve her
sex the ballot. yet she fills ber niche
Chicago Ledger.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
FOREIGN.

Lord Harrington and the Right Hon.
Henry Chaplin arrived at the Grand Hotel
at Monte Carlo on Monday night.
The London Times says that strong
representations have been made BY the
conservative rank and fie to Lord Sails
bury, disappearing a Harrington Salisbury
unlun. The Times lameDts the TACT that
such opposition To a union exists.
Mr.. Morley has made overtures to Mr..
Chamberlain to concert platform upon
which TO unite the Liberals As a first
condition, Mr. Morley asks Mr.. Chamber.
lam to state definitely the limits OF his ac-
ceptance Of the Gladstonian home-rule
measure.
Mr.. Henry White, First Secretary OF
tne United States legation, and Mrs.
White returned to their residence in Gros-
venor crescent, from the United States.
Minister Phelps and Mrs. Phelps, who
nave been the guests of Baroness Buriett-
eoutfs during the holidays, have returned.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
StOicisIn.

God Defend US from Stoicism, pure
and simple, e,-from a state of sluggish,
apathetc ind ference to both good and
i'll,
There are some natures that il over
taken by a tempest of fire and brim-
stone. would not distinguish it from
the falling dew. and would never
dream of seeking shelter.
Their pulse is as stirless Lethe.
They crunch a dish of nightingales'
tongues with as much stolid inapprecia-
ton as if mastcat ne parsnips.
They know no grief, no ecstacy,
Existence. 70 them. is an everlasting
monotone of inanity.
Better than this is mental piano of
ten octaves-a temperament that ten
times 4 day runs the whole gamut
from deep bass of the live thunder tn
the soprano Of an Eolian harp strung
with gossamer-frOm measureless woe
70 inetiable delight.-St. Louis Aaga-
zsRe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
An Interesting Experiment.

There are people who DENY the
claim made for Christianity that it is
all-important IN promoting the happi-
ness and the moral and ph steal we'll
being of the nations. and that to it
alone is due the advancement of the
peoples of Europe from the darkness
of barbarism to the present light of
civilization. The subject is very diff
cult of actual settlement, because the
spread of Christianity over Europe
and America took so long a time and
was accompanied by so many impor-
tant physical events, which seem TO the
skeptics to account quite fully enough
for the change in the world cond tion,
without bringing in Christianity at all.
In Japan an experiment is in progress
that should 60 far toward ending the
discussion. What Japan and her peo
pie were a quarter of century ago is
well known. The cond ton of the
country and its people is a matter of
minute record. The standard of intel
ligence, happiness and morality in the
old era there can be no dispute about
The relative condition of the ch and
the poor then is better known than
that in the United States now. How
Christianity found Japan there can
therefore be no controversy over.
Within the past fifteen years in fact.
Christianity has fairly entered upon
and made great strides in Japan. and
it is said that in less than a quarter of
a century more Japan will be Christ
ian nation. Then we. or our "suc-
cassors in office" will have a chance
10 note how much healthier, happier.
holier, prosperous and well-behaved
the japanese are.-SGn francisco Dat
Ly Report.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
Hanged HfmseIf.

MAceS. Mo-. Dec 2s,-The Rev. CLAYTON
Kelso, Cumberland Presbyterian clergyman,
living near La Slata went home from the
funeral of Mrs. Miles, a church member. this
morning took a halter from the barn, went
into the field. tied one end around his neck
and the other TO the protruding raj! of a fence
and jumped. When found, life was ext net.
He was possessed of a sma property, had a
wife and three children and had been a sue
eessfui revivaiist He was 45 year old.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
CIevelaud's Illness.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The president has
been confined to his room since Friday with
another attack of rheumatism in his knee. the
result of OVERRIDING before he had completely
recovered from his recent lleness. He is bet
ter t,-night and it is expected that two or
three days, at the longest viii see him COM
pletely restored
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
For Revenue Only.

She was looking for pieces for crazy
gu It.
"Could yOu tear off few little pieces
from those silk patternS?'
al should be del ghted 10 do so" re-
piled the CLERK. "bul OF see this house.
is n favor OF tear-of for revenue
only.-Iexas Sijllags.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08

or doubt on his part n support nr n nIeasp-.
which was aSaeed upon among bis pollllcaI
asa >"iates."
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
WASHINGTON.

-Prominent Texans at present visiting
Washington are of an opinion that a dark
horse Will carry of the Senatorial prize in
that State and IN 'ntion the name of Con-
grrssnan ID. b. Culhertson in that connec-
ton. Judge Culbertson is serving his fourth
term IN Congress, is a member of the Judi
clHry Committee. and recognized as an au-
thority on constitutional questions. Sena-
tor Maxey and Judge Reagan will leave for
home IN a lew days to be present during
the contest. The fight is being amicably
conducted all around.
MIR. Hewitt's last act as a member of
Congress was to revise his cutsoms admin
lstra ton bill, to Incorporate all of Secre-
tary Manning's suggestions and give the
bill. in all its details, the support OF the
Administration. The most important of
these chang 5 is thesubmission II a sectinu
imposing duty upon the coverings in which
merchandise = imported. By striking out
this section Mr Hewitt obviates Mr.. Nor
rison's objection that the bill has a ten
dency to increase the revenue Mr.. Hewitt
IN taking his leave OF Washington. said
that he had ended his Congressional life
and it was not probable that he woul d
ever again come to Washington. When he
serves out his term as Mayor, he believe.
that will be the end of his career.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08

Macon Democrat w.r
sos soang 2; mar man and rather sus,l ma'ker Pope, a
an sais o .ol. A. R. Pope n -sn. q s ms age, a
80, - ! lew days ago and ns sas:to INTO a corn
s.s..,s .,s eating at shock oi ns ing some town
80 ssn l.s stone wei ;hing ahout urn, Urn, threw q
'eaztiy. s asad killing her
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-02-03
Feeding Work Horses in Winter.

1t is not a good plan to feed farm
horses much grain during the winter,
when they have little work to do. If
put to labor, give them the usual feed;
but when not at work, One-fOurth of
the amount of grain given during the
busy season is enough. OF course,
they must have all the good slower
they wish. Horses do not need much
grain at this season and if given it,
they do not have brisk appetites for it
in spring, and likely will soon refuse
to eat the amount of grain they need
to keep them in good condition at
hard work. If, however, the horses
are fed almost altogether on slower
during the winter, they will not refuse
grain when put to work. InactiOn is
more apt than the severest exertiOn to
produce indigestion and if the horses
are fed rich food during the winter,
they are apt to meet the spring in poor
condition. The necessary animal heat
and fat can be made from slower. A
mixture of straw, clover, hay and corn
fodder makes an excellent food for
horses in winter. If any grain is fed
it may well be corn, reserving the oats
until the work season. The horses
must be fed as regularly and carefully
in winter as when they are at work.
1t will not do to give them heavy
feeds one day, when the weather is
pleasant, and scant feeds, later than
usual i'll the morning and earlier in
the morning and earlier in the evening,
the next day, because the weather is
severe. AS for sailing, the best plan
is to keep salt always in Il small com
partment in one corner of the feed box.
If the horses are fed and watered reg
ularly, given comfortable shelters,
kept clean, supplied with salt, and
given IL teaspoonful of clean wood ash
es in their feed every other day, they
will not need condition powders.
Whenever Il man resorts to colditiOn
powders, he convicts himself of bad
management of his horses Am. Ag-
riculturist for Feb.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-02-03
Combat Between An AIderney Bull
and a Stallion.

A singular and fatal combat took
place Jan. 18th in cattle car on the
Air Line railroad near Louisville, KY,
between an Alderney bull and stall
ion. The two animals were boxed in
IL ear at Depauw, Ind, for shipment to
this city. A strong partition was built
between the two animals, and the car
was attached to the local freight. The
train was running near New Albany,
when Il brakeman, passing over the
car, heard Il furious believing beneath,
and, climbing down the side of the car,
found that the partition between the
two animals had been broken down,
and the Infatuated brutes were engag-
ed in deadly conflict. The train was
stopped and the crew gathered around
the car, but no means could be devils
ed for stopping the encounter. The
iron heels of the game horse where
planted with telling effect upon the
bulls head, and the horse was gored
in horrible manner. Finally the
stallion got i'm IA blow between the eyes
of the bull, and the latter animal fell
dead. The horse is SD badly injured
that lac will also die. The combat
lasted b minutes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-02-03
Honesty in Norway and Sweden.

Had Abraham Lincoln lived i'm Nor
way or Sweden, probably he would
never have been known TO the world
as "Honest Abe" because there homes
ty is SO common as to attract no atten-
ton. Travellers tell us that at the
railway restaurants passengers help
themselves to whatever they wish, and
then report what they have eaten and
pay for the same without any Ques-
lions being asked. A persons word is
always taken, and he is never watched.
On the steamboats,, after each meal, a
traveller writes down in large book
what he has eaten. When ready to go
ashore, he calls a waitress, who affixes
a price to each item, adds up the
amount, receives the money, and puts
it in her pocket. When filed, she
gives the money, without counting, to
the stewardess. Instead of making
them careless, they are more scrupu
lously honest than any other nation in
the world. Is there any instance in
the Bible of no reckoning being made
in money matters, because all was left
to the honesty of peOpleP
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-02-03
Senator Hawley's Good Advice to
Young Men.

l get very impatient with those men
who sneer at politics and politicians,
who joke at the purity of wOmanhOOd
and the sanctity of the church. There
is no more honest work done in the
United States than is done in the gov
eminent. The people believe this
while they say to the contrary. This
is why they ask the government, al
though it would be a great mistake, to
take charge of banks, railroads and
telegraph lines. AS educated
young men you must not forget that
the Lord and your country have de-
mands on you for what you have of tai
ent. To be politician in the best
sense is second only to being a minis
ter of the Lord Jesus Christ. The
most cowardly thing on Gods fOotstool
is to run away from your government.
Though you may not be an active
politician, keep informed in matters of
politics. Always go to the caucus, the
beginning of gOvernment. Know what
is being done, and see that it is done
rightly. Do your duty everywhere as
scholars and American citizens, and
everywhere above the plume and the
bayOnet shall wave the lilies and the
palms of love and peace.
The wealthiest woman in Colorado,
Mrs. Bishop Hiff Warren, made her
own money, and is now worth $10,-
600, 900. She made her money on cat
tie.